Bound buttonhole and device (or pattern) and method for making same

ABSTRACT

A bound buttonhole and method of making the same characterized in that a pattern is secured to the buttonhole fabric and becomes a part of the finished bound buttonhole, and in that the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit is stitched to the garment fabric along lines corresponding to length and width of each buttonhole with the right sides of the fabrics together and with each circuit having side and end tabs which are pushed through a slash through the fabrics midway between said stitch lines to the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the folded lips and ends of the bound buttonhole. A further characterizing feature of this invention is that the tabs of the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit aforesaid are adhesively secured on the wrong side of the garment fabric and, in different forms of the invention, (a) the end tabs are of heat sensitive material for heat bonding, as by ironing, the buttonhole fabric end tabs to the garment fabric and the side tabs have pressure sensitive adhesive thereon for securing the side tabs of the buttonhole fabric to the garment fabric; and (b) the end tabs and side tabs are of such heat sensitive material for heat bonding the buttonhole fabric end and side tabs to the garment fabric.

United States Patent 1191 Weyrick et al.

[ BOUND BU'I'IONHOLE AND DEVICE (OR PATTERN) AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME [76] Inventors: Nola D. Weyrick; Thora F. Weyrick,

both of 2317 Fairdale Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44109 I [22] Filed: May 11, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 359,473

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 246,377, April 21,

1972, abandoned.

2,922,167 1/1960 Berlin.....

3,555,570 l/l971 Heag1e.... 2/266 3,675,279 7/1972 Moden.... 2/266 X 3,701,167 10/1972 Spetz 2/266 3,703,149 11/1972 George 2/266 Primary ExaminerAlfred R. Guest Attorney, Agent, or FirmDonnelly, Maky, Renner &

Otto

fabric.

[ Apr. 30, 1974 [57] ABSTRACT A bound buttonhole and method of making the same characterized in that a pattern is secured to the buttonhole fabric and becomes a part of the finished bound buttonhole, and in that the buttonhole fabricpattern unit is stitched to the garment fabric along lines corresponding to length and width of each buttonhole with the right sides of the fabrics together and with each circuit having side and end tabs which are pushed through a slash through the fabrics midway between said stitch lines to the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the folded lips and ends of the bound buttonhole.

A further characterizing feature of this invention is that the tabs of the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit aforesaid are adhesively secured on the wrong side of the garment fabric and, in different forms of the invention, (a) the end tabs are of heat sensitive material for heat bonding, as by ironing, the buttonhole fabric end tabs to the garment fabric and the side tabs have pressure sensitive adhesive thereon for securing the side tabs of the buttonhole fabric to the garment fabric; and (b) the end tabs and side tabs are of such heat sensitive material for heat bonding the buttonhole fabric end and side tabs to the garment 38 Claims, 17 Drawing Figures BOUND BUTTONHOLE AND DEVICE (OR PATTERN) AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION v This application is a continuation-in-part of copending Application Ser. No. 246,377, filed Apr. 2l, 1972, now abandoned.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In on known method of making a bound buttonhole a paper buttonhole pattern is baste stitched on the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric along a line corresponding to the centerline of the buttonhole and then the buttonhole fabric is pinned to the right side of the garment fabric with the baste stitch line on the pattern aligned with a chalk or thread line marking on the garment fabric. Then the pattern together with the buttonhole fabric basted to it is stitched to the garment fabric along parallel lines on the pattern which are equal to the length of the buttonhole and equally spaced from the basting. Thereafter, the buttonhole fabric, after removal of the basting, the pins, and the paper pattern, is creased along lines parallel to the respective stitching line which become the meeting creased or folded edges of the bound buttonhole after the buttonhole fabric is cut into two strips between the stitch lines, and after the garment fabric has been slashed and the buttonhole fabric strips have been inserted through the slash to the wrong side of the garment. The adjacent creases are adjusted to meet in the center of the buttonhole and are secured with diagonal basting. The face of the garment fabric is then folded back and the small triangles which remain as a result of the slashing operation are stitched several times to the buttonhole fabric strips as close as possible to the folds in the garment fabric. Finally, the sides of the buttonhole are further secured by folding the garment on the lengthwise stitching and stitching between this stitching and the narrow seam edges. To face the buttonhole, the facing fabric is slashed in register with the buttonhole and the raw edges are turned under and whipped down by hand to the buttonhole strips. The foregoing method of making a bound buttonhole is described in the kit entitled Bound Buttonhole Maker, Style C l9 manufactured by The Singer Company, New York, NY 10020.

In another known way of making a bound buttonhole the ends of the buttonhole are marked on the garment fabric with vertical bastings and the center of the buttonhole is marked with horizontal basting. Next, the garment fabric is stay-stitched one-eighth inch on each side of the horizontal basting and across the ends.

' Folded buttonhole strips stitched one-eighth inch from the folds are then pinned to the garment fabric with the fold stitching alinged with the horizontal bastings and then stitched to the garment fabric just above and below the horizontal bastings. Upon slashing of the garment fabric, the buttonhole strips may be turned from the right side of the garment fabric to the wrong side through the slash thus to turn the folded edges of the buttonhole strips to meet each other. The triangles formed by the slashing operation are stitched to the projecting ends of the buttonhole strips as close as possible to the vertical bastings. The meeting folded edges of the buttonhole strips are fastened together with diagonal basting followed by pressing. To finish the bound buttonhole the buttonhole strips are catch stitched to the wrong side of the garment fabric and the facing fabric is secured by basting to the underside of the buttunhole and is slashed along a line corresponding with the buttonhole, the raw edges being turned under and slip stitched to the buttonhole fabric strips. This method of making a bound buttonhole is described in an instruction sheet entitled, The Best Bound Buttonhole, published by Spadea Synd., Inc. Box 323, Milford, NJ. 08848.

Yet another known method of making a bound buttonhole is described in an article on page 73 of the February-March 1972 issue of Vogue Pattern Book, which comprises cutting a patch of organza which is longer and wider than the buttonhole marked as by machine basting on the garment and stitching along the sides and ends of the garment fabric and the organza followed by slashing the organza and garment fabric with diagonal cuts to the corners of the buttonhole stitching.

Following the slashing operation the organza patch is pushed through the slash to the wrong side of the garment. Then, two pieces of garment fabric are cut longer and wider than the buttonhole and each piece is folded in half lengthwise and pressed and they are unfolded and basted together along the fold line, this patch forming the lips of the buttonhole and being placed on the wrong side of the opening with the seam at the center and are stitched just inside the seam so the organza does not show on the right side of the garment, the stitching extending one-half inch at either end of the seam. The triangles are stitched just inside the seam and the stitching is continued back and forth several times so that the triangles do not fray or pull out. Then excess fabric is trimmed rounding the corners. Th buttonhole is them marked on the facing fabric and cut one-quarter inch larger than the actual buttonhole whereupon the facing fabric is placed on the garment and the buttonhole fabric is slipped through the cut area and the finishing operation involves slip stitching the facing to the finished buttonhole and when the garment is completed the basting is removed from the lips of the buttonhole.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In contradistinction to the foregoing bound buttonholes and patterns and methods for making the same, the present invention is concerned with a bound buttonhole including the pattern and method which results in a bound buttonhole of superior quality which can be made more quickly and accurately than said known bound buttonholes.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a bound buttonhole making device or pattern which becomes embodied in the finished bound buttonhole, the pattern and buttonhole fabric being secured together for sewing as a unit to the garment fabric with side and end tabs of the unit being pushed through a slash through the fabrics and pattern between stitch lines to form the folded lips and ends of the finished buttonhole with the end and side tabs being disposed on the wrong side of the garment fabric.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a buttonhole fabric-pattern unit as aforesaid in which the pattern is of tissue paper or the like having imprinted thereon lines denoting the side and end tabs, the outline of the bound buttonhole, and the location of the slash for insertion of the side and end tabs of the unit through the slash for disposition against the wrong side of the garment fabric to form a bound buttonhole having folded lips and ends.

It is another object of this invention to provide a bound buttonhole making device or pattern which becomes embodied in the finished bound buttonhole and which comprises a strip of adhesive material which has folded side tabs adhesively adhered to the buttonhole fabric and to the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the buttonhole lips and which has folded end tabs of heat bonding material which are heat bonded to folded end tabs of the buttonhole fabric and to the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the buttonhole ends.

It is another object of this invention to provide a bound buttonhole and pattern and method in which the buttonhole pattern becomes a part of the finished buttonhole, said buttonhole pattern being in the form of an elongated strip from which individual buttonhole patterns may be cut or an elongated strip containing the desired number of bound buttonholes to be made in predetermined spaced apart relation thus to avoid measuring and marking of the buttonhole spacing on the garment fabric.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a bound buttonhole maker which is in the form of an adhesive pattern having removable strips of paper on opposite sides thereof to expose the adhesive material for securing to the buttonhole fabric and to the garment fabric.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear hereinafter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING In said annexed drawing:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a paper covered adhesive strip which may be used to make a series of bound buttonholes in predetermined spaced apart relation or from whic individual buttonhole patterns may be cut;

FIG. 2 is a cross-section view taken substantially along the line 2-2, FIG. 1 on enlarged scale to show the pattern strip as comprising strips of paper covered adhesive joined to transverse buttonhole sheer strips;

FIG. 3 is an illustration showing the pattern adhered to a piece of buttonhole fabric, the paper on the rear side having been completely removed so that the pattern adheres to the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric piece; the narrow paper strips on the front side having been removed to expose narrow strips of adhesive; and the buttonhole fabric having been cut to rectangular form as shown and additionally cut at the sides of the shear strip tabs for folding over of portions of the buttonhole fabric and of the end tabs of the top layer of the shearstrip as shown in FIG. 4 to adhere to the exposed adhesive;

FIG. 4 shows the pattern and buttonhole fabric pinned to the right side of the garment fabric and stitched thereto to define the sides of the buttonhole;

FIG. 5 illustrates the stitching to define the ends of the buttonhole and the slashing of the sheer strip, buttonhole fabric, and garment fabric; 7

FIG. 6 shows the bound buttonhole as it appears when the opposite side tabs and the opposite end tabs of the pattern and buttonhole fabric have been pushed through the slash and folded onto and adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric;

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the FIG. 6 buttonhole;

FIG. 8 is a rear view similar to FIG. 7 except that facing fabric is positioned on the rear side of the bound buttonhole, the same having been slashed, turned under, and slip stitched to the rear sid of the bound buttonhole;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a tool to facilitate the folding of the side tabs to form the meeting buttonhole lips.

FIGS. 10 and 11 are front and back elevation views of another form of the present invention comprising a continuous strip of fusible iron-on bonding net with pressure sensitive adhesive areas covered by removable paper strips;

FIGS. 12 and 13 illustrate yet other embodiments of the present invention in which the patterns are printed sheets of tissue paper or the like which are secured on the wrong side of buttonhole fabric by an intervening layer of fusible iron-on bonding net or the like; and

FIGS. 14-17 illustrate some of the successive steps in the manufacture of bound buttonholes utilizing the tissue paper pattern of FIG. 13.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION As best shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the device (or pattern) l for making bound buttonholes comprises paper covered adhesive strips 2 adhered on the tabs 3 of transverse buttonhole sheer strips 4, sai sheer strips 4 preferably comprising two layers of iron-on bonding net material e.g., Stitch-Witchery or Sew-n-Aid. Strippable from opposite sides of each adhesive strip 2 to expose the tacky pressure sensitive adhesive material 5 are paper or like strips 6 which are longitudinally and laterally scored as at 7 and 8. The device 1 has notches 9 along opposite edges for cutting of the device 1 into bound buttonhole patterns. The transverse sheer strips 4 are uniformly spaced apart to facilitate making of a series of buttonholes without having to measure and mark the buttonhole locations on the garment fabric and have opposite end tabs 10 as best shown in FIG. 1. The device 1 may be made as by bringing two adhesive coated paper tapes together to adhere to each other to form the adhesive strip 5 therebetween and to adhere to opposite sides of the tabs 3 of the sheer strips 4.

In FIGS. 3-8 there is illustrated the successive steps in the making of a single buttonhole. To make a single buttonhole, the device 1 is cut at the notches 9 on opposite sides of sheer strip 4, and the paper 6 on the back side of the pattern 1 is removed to expose the adhesive 5 for adhering onto the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric 11 which preferably is the same fabric as the garment fabric, the buttonhole fabric 11 being cut as shown in FIG. 3 to be of length the same as the pattern 1 and of width equal to the distance between the ends of the tabs 10 of sheer strip 4. Also as shown in FIG. 3, the strips of paper 6 between the score lines 7 and the opposite edges of the pattern 1 are removed so as to expose the adhesive 5 as shown, the buttonhole fabric 11 being out along the lines 12 corresponding to the sides of the tabs 10.

Next, the tabs 10 of the top layer of sheer strip 4 and the sections of the buttonhole fabric 11 adjacent cuts 12 are folded over and adhered to the adhesive sections 5 as shown in FIG. 4, and the pattern 1 and fabric 11 combination is then pinned as shown in FIG. 4 to the right side of the garment fabric 14 and is stitched thereto along the parallel stitch lines 15 which are equidistant from the desired buttonhole line.

At this stage, the pins 16 may be removed and the pattern 1, the buttonhole fabric 11, and the garment fabric 14 are stitched along the line 17 to define the buttonhole ends and are slashed as indicated by the line 18 in FIG. 5 midway between the stitch lines 15 and diagonally to the meeting comers of the stitch lines 15 and 17 to form triangles 19 as indicated. It is to be understood that the stitch lines 15 and 17 may be made continuously with the pins 16 in place since all sewing machines will operate over the pins 16.

Next, the end tabs 10 of sheer strip 4 and buttonhole fabric 11 are pushed through the slash 18 to the wrong side of the garment fabric as shown in FIG. 7, and then the side tabs of the pattern 1 and buttonhole fabric 11 with the intermediate paper strips 6 in place are successively pushed through the slash l8 and folded on the wrong side of the garment fabric 14. Now, upon removal of the intermediate paper strips 6, the side tabs may be adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. The garment fabric 14 and buttonhole fabric 11 may now be pressed as with a heated iron to integrally bond the buttonhole fabric tabs 10 to the garment fabric 14 by means of the interposed heat sensitive sheer strip end tabs 10.

Insofar as the front view of the garment fabric 14 is concerned, as shown in FIG. 6, the bound buttonhole 20 is now completed but generally a facing fabric 21 is provided on the wrong side of the garment fabric 14, the facing fabric 21 being slashed along a line corresponding to the buttonhole 20 and being tucked under the slip stitched as represented by the generally elliptical configuration 22 as best shown in FIG. 8.

In order to make two or more bound buttonholes 20 in predetermined spaced relation along the edge of the garment, a desired length of the pattern strip 1 shown in FIG. 1 is cut to incorporate the necessary number of buttonholes and the paper strips 6 on the rear side are removed and the strip 1 is adhered to a continuous strip of buttonhole fabric 11. The strip of buttonhole fabric 11 is cut to a length to extend from the side tab or extension on one side of the first sheer strip 4 to the corresponding side tab or extension on the other side of the last sheer strip 4. The narrow strips of paper 6 on the other side of th strip 1 are then removed, followed by folding over of the tabs 10 of the top layers of the sheer strips 4 and of the narrow fabric strips between the lateral cuts 12. After pinning and stitching as shown in FIG. 4 which locates the buttonholes 20 in predetermined spaced apart relation the intervening sections of pattern 1 and buttonhole fabric 1 l strip may be cut off so that each buttonhole appears as shown in FIG. 4, and thereafter the successive steps of FIGS. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are followed as already described, to complete each bound buttonhole 20.

As now evident, the bound buttonhole 20 has meeting folded lips 23 with folded ends constituted by the buttonhole fabric 11, and the entire width of the bound buttonhole 20 is constituted by the folded ends 24 of the fabric 11 end tabs 10 which bind the triangles l9 and which are bonded to the wrong side of the garment fabric 14 by the sheer strip end tabs 10.

It has been found that by using the present invention a completed buttonhole 20 may be made accurately and neatly even by a novice sewer as compared with bound buttonholes made by following the known procedures and patterns. Moreover, the heat bonding sheer strips 4, when subjected to heat and pressure between the buttonhole fabric 11 and the garment fabric 14, form strong bonds so as to avoid the usual additional machine stitching operations. Moreover, the sheer strips 4, when slashed as at 18, provide tabs 25 which bond the side tabs and the stitching 15 adjacent the meeting folds of the lips 23.

In order to accurately center the meeting folds of the lips 23 between the stitch lines 15, the use of a thin slotted tool 26 such as shown in FIG. 9 is contemplated, said tool 26 being placed on the wrong side of the garment fabric 14 with the side tabs disposed in the slot 27 thereof. By moving the tool 26 laterally, the folds of the lips 23 may be centered and the side tabs pressed to adhere to the wrong side of the garment fabric 14. Thereafter, the tool 26 may be withdrawn and the remaining portions of the side tabs pressed against the wrong side of the garment fabric 14.

As aforesaid the bound buttonholes herein are generally made of the same fabric 11 as the garment fabric 14, but it is to be understood that other materials may be vused such as vinyl, leather and velvet. Furthermore, the patterns 1 may be preattached to buttonhole material 11 in the FIG. 4 condition ready for pinning to the garment fabric 14 and for stitching along lines 15. The paper strips 6 may be transversely marked with parallel lines for changing the spacing of the buttonholes 20 from say 3 inches to 2 %inches or 2 /2 inches or 2 A inches by cutting out one or more one-quarter inch sections between successive sheer strips 4 and abutting the remaining portions of the pattern when adhereing the same to the buttonhole fabric 11.

Referring now to the embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the pattern 30 comprises a continuous strip 31 of fusible iron-on bonding net having pressure sensitive adhesive areas 32 on the front side covered by removable paper strips 34 and having pressure sensitive adhesive areas 35 on the back side covered by removable paper strips 36. Said pattern 30 has end tabs 37 and side tabs 38 corresponding to those shown in FIG. 1, the strip 31 being imprinted with the rectangular outlines 39 of the buttonholes and with lines 40 denoting the slash lines through which the side and end tabs 37 and 38 are inserted after the pattern 30 has been secured to the buttonhole fabric in the manner shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The pattern 30 is also provided with transverse lines 41 at which the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit is cut to separate the buttonholes from one another. If the spacing of plural buttonholes is to be less than or greater than on the pattern 30, the strip 31 is cut in the areas 42 before being secured to the buttonhole fabric with the buttonhole rectangles 39 spaced closer or farther as desired.

In the use of the FIG. 101l pattern 30, the paper strips 36 on the back side are peeled off to expose the adhesive areas 35 and the back side of the pattern 30 is pressed against the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric whereupon the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit may be trimmed to rectangular form as shown in FIG. 3 and with lateral cuts made along the sides of the end tabs 37. Thereafter, the narrow paper strips 34 are peeled off to expose the adhesive areas 32 and the buttonhole fabric is folded over and adhered to the pattern 30 as shown in FIG. 4. The buttonhole fabric-pattern unit is then pinned to the right side of the garment fabric as shown in FIG. 4 and the unit and garment fabric are sewed together at each rectangular outline 39 followed by slashing along the lines 40 and diagonally to the corners of each rectangle 39 to form triangles as depicted in FIG. 5. The side and end tabs 38 and 37 are pushed through the slashes and folded to form the lips and ends of the buttonhole as shown in FIG. 6. In this form of the invention, the side tabs 38 are secured on the wrong side of the garment fabric by ironing which bonds the areas 43 to the wrong side of the garment fabric and to the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric. The end tabs 37 are likewise bonded to the wrong side of the garment fabric and also to the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric, the triangles being contained within the ends tabs 37. As a final operation the facing fabric may be attached to the garment with slashing, turning under, and slip stitching as depicted in FIG. 8.

With reference to the forms of the invention shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, each pattern 45 and 46 comprises a piece of tissue paper imprinted in the case of FIG. 12 with vertical buttonhole rectangles 47 and slash lines 48 and in the case of FIG. 13 with horizontal buttonhole rectangles 49 and slash lines 50. In each case the pattern 45 or 46, a piece of fusible iron-on bonding net 51 and a piece of buttonhole fabric 52 are pinned together as shown and to facilitate such pinning the tissue paper patterns 45 and 46 may be printed with the pin locations. The patterns 45 and 46 have printed thereon successive buttonhole pattern outlines providing side tabs 53 and end tabs 54. The pattern outlines of FIGS. 12 and 13 may be identical except for orientation and therefore when single buttonholes are to be made individual patterns may be cut from either pattern or 46. By way of illustrative example the pattern 46 of FIG. 13 is shown in use in FIGS. 14-17 in the making ofa bound buttonhole.

When the pattern 46, bonding net 51, and buttonhole fabric 52 are pinned together as in FIG. 13, the three ply structure may be cut along the dash lines 56 to provide a unit 57 as shown in FIG. 14 and at this stage the sides of the end tabs 54 may be cut along the lines 58 as shown and thereafter, it not before, the unit 57 may be bonded together as with a heated iron so that the tissue paper pattern 46 is bonded to the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric by the intervening layer 51 of bonding net. The pins 59 may now be removed and further ironing will uniformly bond the pattern 46 to the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric.

Next, the areas of the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit 57 adjacent cuts 58 may be folded along the lines and stitched at 61 as shown in FIG. 15. Excess folded over buttonhole fabric material may be trimmed off close to the stitch lines 61 and then the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit 57 may be pinned to the garment fabric 62 as shown in FIG. 16 with the right sides of the buttonhole fabric 52 and garment fabric 62 together. While thus pinned, the unit 57 and garment fabric 62 are sewed together around the rectangular outlines 49. The pins 63 may now be removed and the buttonhole fabric-pattern unit 57 and garment fabric 62 are slashed as denoted by the printed slash lines 50 and diagonally to the corners of the rectangles to form triangles 64 as shown in FIG. 17. At this stage the buttonhole fabric-pattern units 57 may be separated by cutting along the lines 65. Thereafter, the side tabs 53 and end tabs 54 are pushed through the buttonhole as depicted in FIG. 6 with the side and end tabs 53 and 54 disposed on the wrong side of the garment fabric 62. Because in this case there is no pressure sensitive adhesive or heat sensitive material on the side of the tabs 53 and 54 which are against the wrong side of the garment fabric 62 it is desirable to tack together the ends of the buttonhole lips and to either machine sew or hand sew the end tabs 54 and triangles 64 close to he ends of each buttonhole. If desired, the excess length of the side tabs 53 may be cut off. With the bound buttonhole thus completed, the facing may be applied with slashing, turning under, and slip stitching as depicted in FIG. 8.

We, therefore, particularly point out and distinctly claim as our invention:

1. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric stitched along parallel lines to the garment fabric to provide side tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics between said stitch lines and which are folded to form the lips of the buttonholes; said side tabs being adhesively secured on the wrong side of the garment fabric.

2. The garment of claim 1 wherein said buttonhole fabric has end tabs which are inserted through said slash and which are folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole, said end tabs also being adhesively secured to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

3. The garment of claim 2 wherein end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bond said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

4. The garment of claim 2 wherein said slash forms triangular sections of said fabrics which are turned outwardly and retained within the folds at the buttonhole ends between said end tabs and the wrong side of the garment fabric.

5. The garment of claim 1 wherein said side tabs have adhesively secured folded-in edge portions thus to provide folded ends on said lips.

6. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising an adhesive strip having one side adhered to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric, the right sides of said buttonhole fabric and garment fabric being stitched together along parallel lines straddling a slash in said fabrics; said adhesive strip and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof forming side tabs which have been pushed through said slash and which have been folded to form the lips of the buttonhole between said stitch lines; the other side of said adhesive strip being adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

7. The garment of claim 6 wherein said buttonhole fabric has end tabs which have been pushed through said slash and folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole; said end tabs being adhesively secured to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

8. The garment of claim 7 wherein said strip has end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

9. A pattern for making a bound buttonhole comprising aligned adhesive strips having spaced apart ends; paper strips on opposite sides of said adhesive strips; a transverse buttonhole strip of heat sensitive material joined to said spaced apart ends 0 said adhesive strips and having end tabs extending laterally beyond the longitudinal side edges of said adhesive strips; said adhesive strips, when exposed by stripping of said paper strips therefrom, being adapted to be adhered on its opposite sides to the wrong sides of pieces of buttonhole fabric and garment fabric, and said end tabs being adapted to be heat'bonded between the wrong sides of corresponding end tabs of buttonhole fabric and of garment fabric.

10. The pattern of claim 9 wherein said transverse buttonhole strip has longitudinal tabs adhesively secured to the space apart end portions of said adhesive strips.

11. A pattern for making a plurality of bound buttonholes in predetermined spaced apart relation comprising a series of aligned adhesive strips; the ends of which are spaced apart; a corresponding series of paper strips covering opposite sides of said adhesive strips; transverse buttonhole strips of heat sensitive material joined to the spaced apart ends of said adhesive strips in such predetermined spaced apart relation and having end tabs extending laterally beyond the side edges of said adhesive strips; said adhesive strips, when exposed by stripping of the paper strips therefrom, being adapted to be adhered to the wrong side of a continuous strip of buttonhole fabric for stitching of said pattern and adhered buttonhole fabric strip to a length of garment fabric with the transverse strips located at the desired locations of the plurality of buttonholes in the finished garment.

12. The pattern of claim 11 wherein said transverse buttonhole strips have longitudinal tabs which are adhesively secured to the spaced apart end portions of successive adhesive strips.

13. The method of making a bound buttonhole in garment fabric which comprises adhering one side of an adhesive pattern to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric; stitching the pattern and adhered buttonhole fabric to the right side of garment fabric along parallel stitch lines; slashing the pattern the buttonhole fabric, and the garment fabric between said stitch lines; folding the portions of the pattern and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof through the slash and adhering the other side of the pattern against the wrong 18. The garment of claim 16 wherein said slash forms triangular sections of said fabrics which are turned outwardly and retained within the folds at the buttonhole ends between said end tabs and the wrong side of the side of a piece of buttonhole fabric, the right sides of said buttonhole fabric and garment fabric being stitched together along parallel line corresponding to the length and width of the buttonhole with the lengthwise stitch lines straddling a slash in said fabrics; said adhesive strip and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof forming side tabs and end tabs which have been pushed through said slash and which have been folded to form the lips and ends of the buttonhole; the other side of said adhesive strip bein adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

21. The garment of claim 20 wherein said strip has end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

22. The method of making a bound buttonhole in garment fabric which comprises adhering one side of an adhesive pattern to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric; stitching the pattern and adhered buttonhole fabric to the right side of garment fabric along parallel stitch lines corresponding to the length and width of the buttonhole; slashing the pattern, the buttonhole fabric, and the garment fabric between said stitch lines; folding the portions of the pattern and buttonhole fabric the other side of the pattern against the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the lips of the bound buttonhole; inserting end tabs of the pattern and side of the garment fabric to form the lips of the bound buttonhole.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein end tabs of the pattern and buttonhole fabric are inserted through the ends of said slash; and adhesively securing the end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric to provide folded buttonhole ends.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the end tabs of said pattern are of heat sensitive material disposed between the wrong side of the garment fabric and the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric end tabs, the ends tabs of said buttonhole fabric being bonded to the garment fabric by pressing with a heated iron.

16. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric stitched to the garment fabric along parallel lines corresponding to the sides and ends of the buttonhole to provide side tabs and end tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics between said stitch lines and which are folded to respectively form the lips and ends of the buttonhole; said side tabs and end tabs being adhesively secured to the wrong side of the garment fabric. 7

17. The garment of claim 16 wherein end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bond said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

buttonhole fabric through the ends of said slash; and adhesively securing the end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric to provide folded buttonhole ends.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein the end tabs of said pattern are of heat sensitive material disposed between the wrong side of the garment fabric and the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric end tabs, the end tabs of said buttonhole fabric being bonded to the garment fabric by pressing with a heated iron andcomprising two layers of which one layer is folded and stitched by said stitch lines prior to insertion of both layers through said slash and to heat bonding as aforesaid.

24. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric having a pattern secured to the wrong side thereof to form a buttonhole fabricpattern unit; said unit being stitched along parallel lines to the garment fabric to provide side tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics and pattern between said stitch lines and which are folded to form the lips of the buttonhole; said unit having end tabs which are inserted through said slash and which are folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole.

25. The garment of claim 24 wherein said end tabs of said pattern are of heat sensitive material for adhesively bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

26. The garment of claim 25 wherein said slash forms triangular sections of aid fabrics and pattern which are turned outwardly and retained within the folds at the buttonhole ends between said end tabs and the wrong side of the garment fabric.

27. The garment of claim 24 wherein said buttonhole fabric side tabs have folded-in edge portions secured to the edge portions of the pattern side tabs thus to provide folded ends on said lips.

28. The garment of claim 27 wherein said folded-in edge portions are adhesively secured to the edge portions of the pattern side tabs.

29. The garment of claim 27 wherein said folded-in edge portions are stitched to the edge portions of the pattern side tabs.

30. The garment of claim 24 wherein said pattern comprises a strip of heat fusible material for bonding said buttonhole fabric side and end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

31. The garment of claim 24 wherein said pattern comprises a flexible strip imprinted with said stitch and slash lines and the outlines of said side and end tabs.

32. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising an adhesive strip having one side adhered to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric, the right sides of said buttonhole fabric and garment fabric being stitched together along parallel lines straddlng a slash in said fabrics; said adhesive strip and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof forming side tabs which have been pushed through said slash and which have been folded to form the lips of the buttonhole between said stitch lines; the other side of said adhesive strip being adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric; said strip being of heat fusible material having pressure sensitive adhesive on said one side and having said other side of said side tabs heat bonded to the wron side of the garment fabric.

33. The garment of claim 32 wherein said buttonhole fabric and strip have end tabs which have been pushed ing said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.

34. The method of making a bound buttonhole in garment fabric which comprises securing one side of a flexible pattern to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric; stitching the pattern and buttonhole fabric unit to the right side of garment fabric along parallel stitch lines; slashing the pattern, the buttonhole fabric, and the garment fabric between said stitch lines; folding the portions of the pattern and buttonhole fabric beyond said stitch lines through the slash with the other side of the pattern against the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the lips of the bound buttonhole.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein end tabs of the pattern and buttonhole fabric are inserted through the ends of said slash and folded against the wrong side of the garment fabric to provide folded buttonhole ends.

36. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric having a flexible pattern on the wrong side thereof to form a buttonhole fabricpattern unit; said unit being stitched to the right side of the garment fabric along parallel lines corresponding to the-sides and ends of the buttonhole to provide side tabs and end tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics between said stitch lines and which are folded against the wrong side of said garment fabric to respectively form the lips and ends of the buttonhole.

37. The garment of claim 36 wherein said pattern has printed thereon the outlines of said side and end tabs and said stitch and slash lines.

38. The garment of claim 36 wherein said pattern is of heat fusible material for heat bonding of the buttonhole fabric side and end tabs to the wrong side of said garment fabric. 

1. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric stitched along parallel lines to the garment fabric to provide side tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics between said stitch lines and which are folded to form the lips of the buttonholes; said side tabs being adhesively secured on the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 2. The garment of claim 1 wherein said buttonhole fabric has end tabs which are inserted through said slash and which are folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole, said end tabs also being adhesively secured to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 3. The garment of claim 2 wherein end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bond said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 4. The garment of claim 2 wherein said slash forms triangular sections of said fabrics which are turned outwardly and retained within the folds at the buttonhole ends between said end tabs and the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 5. The garment of claim 1 wherein said side tabs have adhesively secured folded-in edge portions thus to provide folded ends on said lips.
 6. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising an adhesive strip having one side adhered to the wrong side of a pieCe of buttonhole fabric, the right sides of said buttonhole fabric and garment fabric being stitched together along parallel lines straddling a slash in said fabrics; said adhesive strip and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof forming side tabs which have been pushed through said slash and which have been folded to form the lips of the buttonhole between said stitch lines; the other side of said adhesive strip being adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 7. The garment of claim 6 wherein said buttonhole fabric has end tabs which have been pushed through said slash and folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole; said end tabs being adhesively secured to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 8. The garment of claim 7 wherein said strip has end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 9. A pattern for making a bound buttonhole comprising aligned adhesive strips having spaced apart ends; paper strips on opposite sides of said adhesive strips; a transverse buttonhole strip of heat sensitive material joined to said spaced apart ends o said adhesive strips and having end tabs extending laterally beyond the longitudinal side edges of said adhesive strips; said adhesive strips, when exposed by stripping of said paper strips therefrom, being adapted to be adhered on its opposite sides to the wrong sides of pieces of buttonhole fabric and garment fabric, and said end tabs being adapted to be heat bonded between the wrong sides of corresponding end tabs of buttonhole fabric and of garment fabric.
 10. The pattern of claim 9 wherein said transverse buttonhole strip has longitudinal tabs adhesively secured to the space apart end portions of said adhesive strips.
 11. A pattern for making a plurality of bound buttonholes in predetermined spaced apart relation comprising a series of aligned adhesive strips; the ends of which are spaced apart; a corresponding series of paper strips covering opposite sides of said adhesive strips; transverse buttonhole strips of heat sensitive material joined to the spaced apart ends of said adhesive strips in such predetermined spaced apart relation and having end tabs extending laterally beyond the side edges of said adhesive strips; said adhesive strips, when exposed by stripping of the paper strips therefrom, being adapted to be adhered to the wrong side of a continuous strip of buttonhole fabric for stitching of said pattern and adhered buttonhole fabric strip to a length of garment fabric with the transverse strips located at the desired locations of the plurality of buttonholes in the finished garment.
 12. The pattern of claim 11 wherein said transverse buttonhole strips have longitudinal tabs which are adhesively secured to the spaced apart end portions of successive adhesive strips.
 13. The method of making a bound buttonhole in garment fabric which comprises adhering one side of an adhesive pattern to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric; stitching the pattern and adhered buttonhole fabric to the right side of garment fabric along parallel stitch lines; slashing the pattern the buttonhole fabric, and the garment fabric between said stitch lines; folding the portions of the pattern and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof through the slash and adhering the other side of the pattern against the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the lips of the bound buttonhole.
 14. The method of claim 13 wherein end tabs of the pattern and buttonhole fabric are inserted through the ends of said slash; and adhesively securing the end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric to provide folded buttonhole ends.
 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the end tabs of said pattern are of heat sensitive material disposed between the wrong side of the garment fabric and the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric end tabs, the ends tabs of said buttonhole fabric being bonded to the garment fabric by pressing with a heated iron.
 16. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric stitched to the garment fabric along parallel lines corresponding to the sides and ends of the buttonhole to provide side tabs and end tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics between said stitch lines and which are folded to respectively form the lips and ends of the buttonhole; said side tabs and end tabs being adhesively secured to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 17. The garment of claim 16 wherein end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bond said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 18. The garment of claim 16 wherein said slash forms triangular sections of said fabrics which are turned outwardly and retained within the folds at the buttonhole ends between said end tabs and the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 19. The garment of claim 16 wherein said side tabs have adhesively secured folded-in edge portions thus to provide folded ends on said lips.
 20. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising an adhesive strip having one side adhered to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric, the right sides of said buttonhole fabric and garment fabric being stitched together along parallel line corresponding to the length and width of the buttonhole with the lengthwise stitch lines straddling a slash in said fabrics; said adhesive strip and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof forming side tabs and end tabs which have been pushed through said slash and which have been folded to form the lips and ends of the buttonhole; the other side of said adhesive strip bein adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 21. The garment of claim 20 wherein said strip has end tabs of heat sensitive material adhesively bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 22. The method of making a bound buttonhole in garment fabric which comprises adhering one side of an adhesive pattern to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric; stitching the pattern and adhered buttonhole fabric to the right side of garment fabric along parallel stitch lines corresponding to the length and width of the buttonhole; slashing the pattern, the buttonhole fabric, and the garment fabric between said stitch lines; folding the portions of the pattern and buttonhole fabric the other side of the pattern against the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the lips of the bound buttonhole; inserting end tabs of the pattern and buttonhole fabric through the ends of said slash; and adhesively securing the end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric to provide folded buttonhole ends.
 23. The method of claim 22 wherein the end tabs of said pattern are of heat sensitive material disposed between the wrong side of the garment fabric and the wrong side of the buttonhole fabric end tabs, the end tabs of said buttonhole fabric being bonded to the garment fabric by pressing with a heated iron and comprising two layers of which one layer is folded and stitched by said stitch lines prior to insertion of both layers through said slash and to heat bonding as aforesaid.
 24. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric having a pattern secured to the wrong side thereof to form a buttonhole fabric-pattern unit; said unit being stitched along parallel lines to the garment fabric to provide side tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics and pattern between said stitch lines and which are folded to form the lips of the buttonhole; said unit having end tabs which are inserted through said slash and which are folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole.
 25. The garment of claim 24 wherein said end tabs of said pattern are of heat sensitive material for adhesively bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 26. The garment of claim 25 wherein said slash forms triangular sections of aid fabrics and pattern which are turNed outwardly and retained within the folds at the buttonhole ends between said end tabs and the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 27. The garment of claim 24 wherein said buttonhole fabric side tabs have folded-in edge portions secured to the edge portions of the pattern side tabs thus to provide folded ends on said lips.
 28. The garment of claim 27 wherein said folded-in edge portions are adhesively secured to the edge portions of the pattern side tabs.
 29. The garment of claim 27 wherein said folded-in edge portions are stitched to the edge portions of the pattern side tabs.
 30. The garment of claim 24 wherein said pattern comprises a strip of heat fusible material for bonding said buttonhole fabric side and end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 31. The garment of claim 24 wherein said pattern comprises a flexible strip imprinted with said stitch and slash lines and the outlines of said side and end tabs.
 32. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising an adhesive strip having one side adhered to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric, the right sides of said buttonhole fabric and garment fabric being stitched together along parallel lines straddlng a slash in said fabrics; said adhesive strip and buttonhole fabric adhered to one side thereof forming side tabs which have been pushed through said slash and which have been folded to form the lips of the buttonhole between said stitch lines; the other side of said adhesive strip being adhered to the wrong side of the garment fabric; said strip being of heat fusible material having pressure sensitive adhesive on said one side and having said other side of said side tabs heat bonded to the wron side of the garment fabric.
 33. The garment of claim 32 wherein said buttonhole fabric and strip have end tabs which have been pushed through said slash and folded to form the opposite ends of the buttonhole; said end tabs of said strip heat bonding said buttonhole fabric end tabs to the wrong side of the garment fabric.
 34. The method of making a bound buttonhole in garment fabric which comprises securing one side of a flexible pattern to the wrong side of a piece of buttonhole fabric; stitching the pattern and buttonhole fabric unit to the right side of garment fabric along parallel stitch lines; slashing the pattern, the buttonhole fabric, and the garment fabric between said stitch lines; folding the portions of the pattern and buttonhole fabric beyond said stitch lines through the slash with the other side of the pattern against the wrong side of the garment fabric to form the lips of the bound buttonhole.
 35. The method of claim 34 wherein end tabs of the pattern and buttonhole fabric are inserted through the ends of said slash and folded against the wrong side of the garment fabric to provide folded buttonhole ends.
 36. A garment having a bound buttonhole comprising a piece of buttonhole fabric having a flexible pattern on the wrong side thereof to form a buttonhole fabric-pattern unit; said unit being stitched to the right side of the garment fabric along parallel lines corresponding to the sides and ends of the buttonhole to provide side tabs and end tabs which are inserted through a slash through said fabrics between said stitch lines and which are folded against the wrong side of said garment fabric to respectively form the lips and ends of the buttonhole.
 37. The garment of claim 36 wherein said pattern has printed thereon the outlines of said side and end tabs and said stitch and slash lines.
 38. The garment of claim 36 wherein said pattern is of heat fusible material for heat bonding of the buttonhole fabric side and end tabs to the wrong side of said garment fabric. 